Ed, "At odds with Zen"?
Probably not, considering that the fellow has a name that does not imply any connection with Chan or Zen. Odds, no, but there may certainly be differences. Differences are what make a Horse-Race. I am one who believes and trusts that every tradition has its own logic, and its own pedagogy, for its own reasons. It does not make good sense from any perspective to seek to detect "odds", disparities, or dissonances, across traditions, really. Why should it? Do you think it does? All we can do is ask *whether* the practitioner at the far end of the practices in any school has samadhi-state, which, when it breaks up, leads to the empty state. If it is not so, and if emptiness is not the end-experience, then clearly the development is not a zen or chan development, and, although we are not at odds with that, nonetheless, it *is* instead something that my late Shihfu would call, "Outer Paths", or a way which does not result in BUDDHIST enlightenment. Interesting question, and post! --Joe PS I don't know the personality named. --- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote: > The above statement appears to be at odds with Zen. Is it? --ED ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
